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This second edition of Principles of Vibration takes a refreshingly informal approach to the understanding and analysis of vibration problems. The student-friendly style provides a basic understanding of the principles of vibrations, presenting the core ideas and theories that define the field. Starting with classical material -- single-degree-of-freedom systems -- the text then branches out into modern topics, emphasizing multiple-degree-of-freedom systems.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Chapter 1 Free Vibration of Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Translational Vibrations--Undamped
• 1.3 Rotational Vibrations and Linearization
• 1.4 Viscous Damping
• 1.5 Lagrange's Equations
• 1.6 Homework Problems
• Chapter 2 Forced Vibration of Single-Degree-of-Freedom System
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Seismic Excitation--Step Input
• 2.3
• 2.4 Direct Force Excitation
• 2.5 Transfer Functions
• 2.6 Viscous Damping
• 2.7 Complex Representations
• 2.8 Damped Seismic Motion
• 2.9 Rotating Imbalance
• 2.10 Identification of Damping and Natural Frequency
• 2.11 Other Types of Damping
• 2.12 Accelerometers and Seismometers
• 2.13 Homework Problems
• Chapter 3 Nonsinusoidal Excitations
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Fourier Series Analysis
• 3.3 Forced Response via the Convolution Integral
• 3.4 Shock Response
• 3.5 Homework Problems
• Chapter 4 Vibrations Involving More Than One Degree of Freedom
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Free Response--Undamped System
• 4.3 Forced Response
• 4.4 Vibration Absorbers without Damping
• 4.5 Real Behavior of a Vibration Absorber
• 4.6 Zeros in a Forced Response
• 4.7 Putting Problems into Normal Form
• 4.8 Orthogonality of System Eigenvectors
• 4.9 More on Normal Forms
• 4.10 Linear Damping
• 4.11 Comparison of Damped Eigensolutions
• 4.12 Forced Response of Damped Systems
• 4.13 Symmetry of Mass and Stiffness Matrices
• 4.14 Repeated Frequencies and Zero Frequencies
• 4.15 Influence Coefficients
• 4.16 Homework Problems
• Chapter 5 Distributed Systems
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Free Vibration of a Bar (Rod, String, etc.)
• 5.3 Free Vibration of a Beam
• 5.4 Continuous Systems--Forced Vibration
• 5.5 Orthogonality of Eigenfunctions
• 5.6 Homework Problems
• Chapter 6 Approximate Solutions Methods
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Lumped Approximations
• 6.3 Rayleigh's Quotient
• 6.4 Rayleigh-Ritz Method: Discrete Systems
• 6.5 Rayleigh-Ritz Method: Continuous Problems
• 6.6 Assumed Modes Method
• 6.7 Homework Problems
• Chapter 7 Seat-of-the-Pants Engineering
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Getting Approximate Results
• 7.3 Limiting Cases
• 7.4 Verifying Your Analysis
• 7.5 Homework Problems
• Chapter 8 Experimental Methods and Real World Behavior
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Signal Descriptions
• 8.3 Fourier Transform Analysis
• 8.4 Spectral Analyses
• 8.5 Noise
• 8.6 Sensors and Actuators
• 8.7 Nonlinear Effects
• 8.8 Homework Problems
• Appendix A Four Continuous Systems
• Appendix B Lumped Spring Constants
• Appendix C Assorted Material Constants
• Appendix D Elementary Matrix Relations
• References
• Selected Readings
• Answers to Selected Problems
• Index

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